2017 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 32 - Professions and Occupations
§ 32-3293 Licensed clinical social worker; licensure; qualifications
32-3293. Licensed clinical social worker; licensure; qualifications
A person who wishes to be licensed by the board to engage in the practice of social work as a licensed clinical social worker shall:
1. Furnish documentation as prescribed by the board by rule that the person has:
(a) Earned a master's or higher degree in social work from a regionally accredited college or university in a program accredited by the council on social work education or a degree from a foreign school based on a program of study that the board determines is substantially equivalent.
(b) Received at least three thousand two hundred hours of post-master's degree experience in not less than twenty-four months under supervision that meets the requirements prescribed by the board by rule. The three thousand two hundred hours must include at least one thousand six hundred hours of direct client contact, not more than one thousand six hundred hours of indirect client service and at least one hundred hours of clinical supervision as prescribed by the board by rule. For the direct client contact hours, not more than four hundred hours may be in psychoeducation. The board by rule may prescribe the number of hours required for functions related to direct client contact and indirect client service.
2. Pass an examination approved by the board.
